View source for Bern 1547 1/2 kreuzer

[[Image:Sincona98-4082.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 98, lot 4082]]

This specimen was lot 4082 in SINCONA Auction 98 (Zürich, May 2025), where it sold for 1,400 CHF (about US$2,031 including buyers' fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SCHWEIZ Bern, Stadt und Kanton, Vierer 1547, Bern. Sehr selten. Schön-sehr schön.'' ([[Switzerland]], [[Switzerland, Bern|city and canton of Bern]], Bern mint. Very rare, Fine-Very Fine.)"</blockquote> This type was struck 1547-50, 1554, 1556, 1559 and  undated. A vierer was half a kreuzer. One thaler was sixty kreuzer, later to rise to 72 kreuzer by the end of the century.

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specification'': 0.46 g, billon, 17 mm diameter, this specimen 0.74 g.

''Catalog reference'': HMZ 2-178b. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'': 
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Richter, Jürg, and Ruedi Kunzmann, ''Neuer HMZ-Katalog, Band 2: Die Münzen der Schweiz und Liechtensteins 15//16. Jahrhundert bis Gegenwart, Regenstauf,'' Germany: H. Gietl Verlag GmbH, 2006.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jurg, ''SINCONA Auction 98: The Konrad Bürki Collection - Part 3 (Swiss Cantonal Coins),'' Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Bern 1538 1/2 batzen|1538 half batzen (2 kreuzer)]]
* [[Bern 1540 1/2 guldiner|1540 half guldiner]]
* [[Bern 1541 dicken|1541 dicken]]
* [[Bern 1546 1/2 batzen|1546 half batzen (2 kreuzer)]]
* [[Bern 1550 1/2 kreuzer|1550 half kreuzer (vierer)]]
* [[Bern 1550 1/2 batzen|1550 half batzen (2 kreuzer)]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1547]]

[[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 96, 97, 98]][[Category:Coinage of the Swiss cantons]]